Travelling and Tourist Information

There are direct flight connections to Tampere from Helsinki (Finnair), Copenhagen and Stockholm (SAS), Bremen, Dublin, Frankfurt (Hahn), London (Stansted), Milan (Bergamo), Riga and from several Finnish cities.

Tampere Pirkkala airport is just 22 km from the Symposium venue Congress Centre Hotel Scandic Rosendahl and the taxi fare from airport to congress venue is around 30 euros.

There are direct flights daily to Helsinki from all major European cities as well as from North-America and Asia. You can reach Tampere, which is located 175 km north from Helsinki easily by plane, train or bus.

For more information please visit www.finnair.com www.blue1.com www.sas.com www.ryanair.com

Tampere with about 200 000 inhabitants is still a cosy and safe city located in a beautiful lakeside setting between two lakes, Lake Näsijärvi and Lake Pyhäjärvi. There is lots to see and experience in Tampere and a guided sightseeing tour gives you a great opportunity to see the most beautiful places and the most important sights in Tampere. Daily two hour sightseeing tours depart from the City Tourist Office. For more information please visit www.tampere.fi/english/tourism.